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Gulf Stream Sea Surface Temperature Shift, Peter Willauer

Atlas of Maine

Sea surface temperatures (SST) of the Gulf Stream change enormously on year to year basis. In this study, however, I investigated the trends and temperature shifts over a 20-year period determining if a clear shift is evident in this particular current. I found no significant trends, but I did find several interesting results. I used ArcGIS to gather and analyze data from NOAA's satellite (AVHRR) and developed an Ordinarily Least Squares regression model comparing a monthly average over 20 years to determine if the temperature shifts over time were not random. I was able to isolate slopes with significant P-values …

Conservation Easement Distribution Across New England, Ginny Keesler

Atlas of Maine

My project considers conservation easement distribution across New England. I answer the questions: Are conservation easements clumped in each of the New England states? How do conservation easements generally differ between states in terms of size and number? Where are conservation easements located in relation to areas of various population densities? I examine clumping of conservation easements by state using a Monte Carlo simulation. Results suggest that easements are significantly clumped in Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island. There is no data for Connecticut. As far as size of easements is concerned, the average easement tract size is …

Emissions Estimate For Faculty, Staff, And Student Commutes In 2013, Ryan Newell

Atlas of Maine

In 2013 Colby College declared it was carbon neutral. The college achieved “net zero” CO2 equivalent emissions by switching to wind power for electricity and replacing 90% of its oil consumption with biomass. The remaining emissions were offset based on assumptions about travel, waste, consumption, etc. The goal of this project was to update the estimate of the total greenhouse gas emissions produced as a result of faculty, staff, and students commuting to Colby in 2013. This is not a comprehensive analysis of all college related travel, but a specific subset. This is important because it can improve Colby’s estimate …

Atlas Of Maine: Surface Water Features, Sarah Madronal

Atlas of Maine

This map shows some of Maine's surface water features. The features that were included are wetlands, vernal pools, as well as streams and rivers.

How Smart Is Lakesmart?: An Analysis, Eliza Phillips, Liz Schell

Atlas of Maine

Lakefront properties are greatly valued by home customers today. Unfortunately, many homeowners value clear views of the lake, and as a consequence, remove all natural barriers (i.e. trees, shrubs, etc.) from the lakeshore, which leads to a decrease in water quality (Schindler 1974).

In the Belgrade Lakes watershed in Maine, people have recognized that human intervention has led to a reduction in water quality in their lakes. Because of this, the Maine Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), introduced a program called LakeSmart in 2003 to incentivize homeowners to keep lake water clean in the Belgrade Lakes by stabilizing eroded areas, …

Researchfanshawe Magazine Issue 8, John Makaran, Leslie Mcintosh, Tina Bonnett, Dan Douglas

ResearchFanshawe Magazine

No abstract provided.

Lawrence Today, Volume 93, Number 2, Spring 2013, Lawrence University

Lawrence Today

No abstract provided.

Together, No. 4, San Jose State University, College Of Social Sciences

Together (College of Social Sciences)

No abstract provided.

Wellesley Magazine Spring 2013, Wellesley College Alumnae Association

Wellesley Magazine (Alumnae Association)

Featured in this issue:

Exits and Entrances: Women's Careers in Transition / by Melissa Ludtke '73

In Their Own Words / Barbara Lubin Goldsmith ’53, Marilyn Koenick Yalom ’54, Callie Crossley ’73, Diana Farmer ’77

The Whole Picture / by Alice M. Hummer

The John Muir Newsletter, Spring 2013, The John Muir Center

Muir Center Newsletters (1981-2015)

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PAGE 2 F o Andrea Wulf unding Garden Speaks e r s " AT o N P A C I F I C On February 27, prize-winning author Andrea Wulf spoke on the subject of "Founding Gardeners: How the Revolutionary Generation Created an American Eden." The talk was sponsored by Phi Beta Kappa, the University Library, and John Muir Center and attracted more than eighty faculty, staff, students, and community members, many of the latter members of Master Gardeners. Born in India of German parents on assignment to the equivalent of our own Peace Corps, Wulf …

The Faculty Notebook, April 2013, Provost's Office

Faculty Notebook

The Faculty Notebook is published periodically by the Office of the Provost at Gettysburg College to bring to the attention of the campus community accomplishments and activities of academic interest. Faculty are encouraged to submit materials for consideration for publication to the Associate Provost for Faculty Development. Copies of this publication are available at the Office of the Provost.

The Dunlap Decade: The Presidency Of Benjamin Bernard Dunlap, 2000-2013, Phillip Stone

Library Exhibits

This exhibit featured elements of the 13-year presidency of Benjamin Dunlap, from 2000-2013

Bucknell River Reporter, Bucknell University Environmental Center

Newsletters

Bucknell River Reporter Volume 1, issue 2, edited by Fred Swader, includes the following articles -- The River: still in the news, Teaching sustainability from a watershed perspective, Bucknell on the Susquehanna (ENST 291), Seeing the river up close and personal, Diversity and Variability of Benthic Macroinvertebrates in the Susquehanna River(s), Freshwater mussels in the river, Fish, people, and the Susquehanna River, Watching the river flow, Presenting our findings, and Bucknell Susquehanna River Initiative.

Emeriti News, Spring 2013, Emeriti Council

Emeriti News

Contents from Volume XVIII Number 1:

• Emeriti Council
• Message from the Chair
• Up Coming Events
• Wednesday II Programs
• Summary of Past Events
• Scholarship
• General News
• Announcements

Marine Turtle Health Assessment And Aquarium Suitability: Uzi Island, Zanzibar, Olivia “Warda” Crane

Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection

This study assessed the health of the marine turtles in the aquarium on Uzi Island. Health evaluations of each turtle included size, eating habit, and physical abnormalities. Behaviorally the sea turtles were observed at two different time periods multiple times. Results were compared to research on wild sea turtles. The conditions of the aquarium were evaluated for water quality and holding capacity. The water temperature, pH, and salinity levels were tested to assess the water quality. The results showed that the overall health of the sea turtles were positive from the normal activities and few abnormalities. The overall aquarium conditions …

Establishment Of The Coral Sea Marine Reserve: An In-Depth Analysis Of The Social And Environmental Impacts Of An Ecosystem-Based Management Approach To Conservation, Grace O’Connor

Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection

The proposed Coral Sea Marine Reserve covers approximately 989,842 square kilometers and is in an area that is internationally recognized for rich biodiversity, unique species and important heritage values. The reserve was established to protect and maintain biodiversity and to contribute to international (UNCED) and national obligations (EPBC, NRSMPA). This spatial protection is an ecosystem-based management approach calling for ecologically sustainable use of marine resources, as well as protection of many vulnerable and endangered species. The zoning of the Coral Sea Marine Reserve will drastically limit human use, most notably prohibiting fishing in the majority of the area. Extensive research …

The Search, The Jackson Laboratory

Search Magazine

No abstract provided.

Estimation Of Firm-Level Productivity Changes In The Indian Power Sector: Disentangling Unobserved Heterogeneity By A Transformed Fixed-Effect Stochastic Frontier Model, Anish Sugathan, Deepak Malghan, S Chandrashekar, Deepak Kumar Sinha

Working Papers

We measure firm-level productivity changes in the Indian electricity sector during a period that witnessed several pro-market regulatory changes. Using information collected from multiple sources we construct a unique panel of generating firms and transmission and distribution utilities spanning the years 2000 to 2009. We employ a recently developed improvement in the Stochastic Frontier panel method that allows controlling for time-invariant unobserved heterogeneity. Using the method we jointly estimate inefficiency and exogenous determinants of inefficiency. We estimate a flexible translog production model and compute decomposition of productivity into components of changes in technology, efficiency, scale and price effect. During this …

University Authors, 2013, Montclair State University, Harry A. Sprague Library

University Authors

No abstract provided.

Rethinking Development, Sustainability, And Gender Relations, Shelley Feldman

Cornell Journal of Law and Public Policy

No abstract provided.

Wooster Magazine: Spring 2013, Karol Crosbie

Wooster Magazine: 2011-2020

The Spring 2013 edition of the Wooster Magazine focuses on sustainability on the College of Wooster campus. Now known as Gault Schoolhouse, the Learning Center transferred the ownership of the building to the college at no cost. Jim Clarke ’59, Ken Fischer ’66, and Diane Jorkasky ’73 will be the three alumni to receive the Distinguished alumni award. The Community Bike Program has a feature article in the sustainability section. Student activists have been able to make a difference regarding bottled water, which will not be sold (with the exception of SmartWater). 33 filtered bottle refill stations have been installed …

Copley Connects | Spring 2013, Copley Library

Copley Connects Library Newsletter

Librarians and Faculty Participate in Week-Long Info Lit Workshop | 1
The University Librarian's Update | 2
Copley and Writing Center Partner to Ensure Grad Student Success | 3
Alcalá Bazaar September 11, 2012 | 4
What's New in Access Services? | 5
The Reference Section in Copley Library | 6
Hill Reading Room Comes Alive with Student Voices | 7
One Book, One San Diego and Bridging Cultures Bookshelf | 7
Catholic Research Resources Alliance and USD | 8
Views from Technical Services | 9
Technical Services Staff Adds United Front Multicultural Center/Women's Center Collections to SALLY | 9 …

Explaining The Hydroclimatic Variability And Change In The Salmon River Basin, Venkataramana Sridhar, Xin Jin, W. Thilini Jaksa

Civil Engineering Faculty Publications and Presentations

Climate change in the Pacific Northwest and in particular, the Salmon River Basin (SRB), is expected to bring about 3–5 °C rise in temperatures and an 8 % increase in precipitation. In order to assess the impacts due to these changes at the basin scale, this study employed an improved version of Variable Infiltration Capacity (VIC) model, which includes a parallel version of VIC combined with a comprehensive parameter estimation technique, Shuffled Complex Evolution (SCE) to estimate the streamflow and other water balance components. Our calibration (1955–1975) and validation (1976–1999) of the model at the outlet of the basin, White …

Missouri National Recreational River Visitor Study, Summer 2012, Marc F. Manni, Yen Le, Steven J. Hollenhorst

United States National Park Service: Publications

Executive Summary

This visitor study report profiles a systematic random sample of Missouri National Recreation River visitors during July 19 - 25, 2012. A total of 467 questionnaires were distributed to visitor groups. Of those, 256 questionnaires were returned, resulting in a 54.8% response rate.

Group size and type: Thirty-eight percent of visitor groups consisted of two or three people and 35% were in groups of six or more. Sixty-four percent of visitor groups consisted of family groups.

State or country of residence: United States visitors were from 29 states and comprised 99% of total visitation during the survey period, …

The Influences Of Climatic And Socioeconomic Variables On Cholera Incidence In India During The Seventh Pandemic, 1961-2008, Kathleen M. Henschel

Master of Public Health Program Student Publications

Background: Cholera outbreaks result in significant morbidity worldwide. Transmission of the disease may be influenced by weather fluctuations, such as El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) and excessive rainfall, and socioeconomic status (SES), including income and education. El Niño events may influence many aspects of the climate, including the amount of rainfall occurring in a given year and surface water temperature. This study aimed to assess the influences of extreme weather and SES factors on cholera incidence in India during the seventh cholera pandemic (1961-2008).

Methods: Data for all variables were obtained for 1961-2008. Indian population estimates and cholera incidence (IR) were …

Ursinus Magazine, Spring 2013, Wendy Greenberg, Kathryn Campbell, Ellen Labrecque, Bobby Fong, Jennifer Meininger Wolfe, Olivia Z. Schultz, Rosemary Clark, William Godfrey, Robert Strauss

Ursinus Magazine, 1995–Present

Letter from the President • By the numbers: Ursinus College facts & figures • Innovation, risk and what it takes to compete • At home in the universe • Impacts of Salk's polio vaccine • Civic agriculture and the future of food • Class of 1954 endows Chair in Ethics • Scholarship supports careers in scientific research • Moving on • Bound for Yale University • Hitting the right notes on Community Day • Student research: Exploring gang culture in South Africa • Princeton Review • Commencement 2013 • Rite of Spring: The student art exhibition • Spotlight on excellence: …

Landscapes To Learnscapes: Exploring Schoolyard-Based Education, Emily I. Palena, Caroline T. Spurgin

Pitzer Senior Theses

This thesis explores schoolyard-based education as a viable and necessary method for rectifying the shortcomings within the American public school system and the Nature-deficit Disorder epidemic. We argue that schoolyard-based education should be fully integrated into the school system, not in the sole form of popularized school gardens, but as a standard teaching method. We show this using extensive research and a case study of three elementary schools in Claremont, California.

Currents Of Change: An Urban And Environmental History Of The Anacostia River And Near Southeast Waterfront In Washington, D.C., Emily C. Haynes

Pitzer Senior Theses

This thesis analyzes how social and environmental inequalities have interacted throughout Washington, D.C.’s urban and environmental history to shape the Anacostia River and its Near Southeast waterfront into urbanized and industrialized landscapes. Drawing on the principles of environmental justice, urban political ecology, and environmental history, I examine the construction of urban rivers and waterfront space over time. I link the ecological and social decline of the Anacostia River and Near Southeast neighborhood to a broader national pattern of environmental degradation and social inequality along urban rivers that resulted from urban industrialization and federal water management. Finally, I discuss the recent …

Class Of 2013 Senior Biographies, Matt Bishop '14, Michael Mayberger '14

The Park Place Economist

No abstract provided.

The Park Place Economist

The Park Place Economist

No abstract provided.